The R58.5 billion 2026/27 budget tabled by City of Tshwane Finance MMC and Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise on Thursday drew criticism from opposition parties.
The City of Tshwane’s R58.5 billion budget for the 2026/27 financial year has been criticised as lacking credibility and being out of touch with reality on the ground.
The criticism came from Tshwane’s main opposition parties, the DA and Freedom Front Plus, after Finance MMC and Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise delivered the budget speech at Tshwane House on Thursday.
DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink said: “We believe that the budget lacks as much credibility as the person who delivered it.”
He cited a forensic report which found Modise had lied about benefiting from Triotic Protection Services, a company doing business with the municipality. Modise said he relinquished his directorship in the company.
